The problem I had is that they depicted Paul as simply the guy who plays back up for John.. It's as if Paul and George were session guys for John Lennon. John and Paul knew each other before Stuart Sutcliffe even came into the picture. They were a lot closer than the movie gave them credit for. They were "The Beatles", not "John Lennon, his best bud Stu and some other random guys."
I wish someone would do a proper movie about the early days of the Beatles.
Yeah, and this is often the case. I'd really like to see a movie of The Beatles from Paul's perspective or at least equally from John's and Paul's. Let's remember for a second that it was when Paul came into the band that John's musical career and the band itself really became serious business and it all took off. Before that it was just John and some of his mates having some fun. I mean, John didn't even know how to play the guitar, nor did he write songs. He began to do both because of Paul. In fact, if John was intimidated by anyone's "maturity, confidence and good looks" (and talent) it was Paul's, not Stu's. He talked about it in interviews, how he knew letting Paul into the band meant it would stop being just "his" band, or something to that effect. And that was why he gave it some thought. I think for this very reason he even thought about kicking him out very early on, and told by Pete Shotton (a close friend of John's who was in the band early on).
And Long Tall Sally was ALWAYS sang by Paul. It was in fact the first song he ever sang live on a stage, before he had even met John.
"The Love you take is equal to the Love you make" The Beatles.
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